Festivals form a very essential part of Indian culture. Although each festival is celebrated in its unique way, there is a very uncanny astronomical basis for each of these festivals. Keeping a track of time and date has been the greatest challenge for humankind, however, with the invention of the…
A celestial object with a majestic tail, like a divine creature roaming the boundless universe – seems like an apt description for a comet. It is one of the most beautiful marvels to observe from the earth. But then the question arises, what exactly are these? Are they rocks, much…
Neutron stars Our universe is nothing different from a LEGO world. Each block, when put together, constitutes a complex object. However, each lego piece in our system is a combination of several other LEGO pieces. This network continues till we think we have reached the crux of the entire structure.…